playgirl

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Recent Examples of playgirl The night janitor and a playgirl shoplifter are trapped in a discount store with armed robbers. Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playgirl
Noun
  • The actor, who plays Bruce Wayne — the Gotham City billionaire playboy by day and caped vigilante by night, also known as Batman — in the latest live-action iteration of the DC Comics character, is set to return for The Batman: Part II.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Frank Langella, Dracula (1979) This lush adaptation with a score by John Williams is one of the most overtly erotic, featuring Langella as a dashing playboy Dracula who seduces Harker’s fiancée.
    Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Released on March 24, 1971, the conceptual song cycle of a poetic middle-aged lecher crashing his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and subsequently romancing the teenage Nelson, profoundly impacted everyone from Beck to Air, Portishead to Pulp.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The bawdy comic story lines are well-performed, most prominently by Brian Ibsen as the pompous lecher, Lucio.
    Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
Noun
  • Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Originally, the creature was thought to have come from the old pre-Christian myths involving beasts from the forest and creatures such as satyrs, Krampus became linked with St Nicholas in the Middle Ages, the site said.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2024

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“Playgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playgirl. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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